The Tamil Nadu government will implement a Rs 150 crore project to prevent pollution of Noyyal river in Tirupur, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said today. Making a suo motu statement in the state assembly, he said compound walls would be constructed along the banks of the river in the Tirupur …
Level of Total Dissolved Solids has begun to surge Tirupur: Farmers on the banks of the River Noyyal, affected by the discharge of dyeing effluents for almost two decades till the Madras High Court ordered closure of all dyeing units in Tirupur cluster for violation of pollution norms, look worried …
Not ready for any compromise with dyers Stance conveyed to government Tirupur: Farmers living alongside River Noyyal, who faced the brunt of the indiscriminate effluent discharge from dyeing units, are firm on their decision that they would not be ready for any compromise with dyers other than ensuring of zero …
There was a time when people living along the Noyyal river in Tamil Nadu would freshen up by swimming in the river. Now goatherds chase their flock away if they go near the river. The reason is the river water has turned toxic. The dyes and salts from the industrial …
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Desiya Baniyan and Ginning Podhu Thozhilalar Sangam has approached the Madras High Court seeking to implead itself in a writ petition seeking a direction to authorities for cleaning the Noyyal water stored in the Orathuppalayam dam and to prevent future pollution of the river. It submitted …
THE Madras High Court has ordered closure of more than 700 bleaching and dyeing units, and effluent treatment plants in Tirupur in Tamil Nadu. On January 28, the court also asked the state government to disconnect electricity supply to the units in the hosiery town that failed to comply with …
KARUR: The strong indictment of effluent treatment plants and polluting units in Tirupur by the Madras High Court which has ordered their immediate closure has come as a shot in the arm for the eco conservationists in Karur. Now they have pitched strongly for the shutdown of all polluting units …
Farmers of Karur district, who are plagued by industrial pollution for several decades now, have decided to intensify their struggle to put a permanent end to the menace. The affected farmers have decided to convene a regional conference in Karur, Erode and Tirupur districts on January 28 and chalk out …
TWO Common Ef fluent Treatment plants (CETPs), 86 dyeing and washing units attached to these CETPs and an Individual Effluent Treatment Plant (IETP) were closed down by the Tirupur branch of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday, as the units were found to be discharging effluents into …
The exercise will be carried out in presence of residents CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday said a member of the court Registry would collect water samples from the Noyyal river in the presence of the residents of Athupalayam village in Karur district. The First Bench comprising Chief Justice …
Power connection to these units also disconnected The Board has also formed three-member flying squad to monitor the units Public requested to inform the squad members for taking action Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday ordered closure of 10 Individual Effluent Treatment Plants (IETPs) in Tirupur …
Tirupur: The Noyyal River Ayacutdars Protection Association (NRAPA) had moved the Madras High Court following the high level of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) recorded in River Noyyal by a recent study conducted by Public Works Department.A study by Irrigation section of PWD on August 5, 6 and 7 indicated that …
The unbridled growth of Coimbatore threatens the Nilgiri ecosystemSanjeev Sanyal / August 11, 2010, 0:42 ISTAll discussions about urbanisation in India tend to focus on mega-cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. However, in states like Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, smaller urban centres are also seeing rapid growth. At one level, …
K. V. Prasad Rain water harvesting models, right from the Mohenjo-daro and Harappa civilisations, will be on display at a two-day exhibition at the V.O.C. Grounds here on July 17 and 18. Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will inaugurate the event on July 17. Siruthuli, a public initiative to conserve …
R Vimal Kumar More dyeing units under the scanner of TNPCB Tirupur: Continued effluent discharge into water bodies by dyeing units even after the allocation of Rs. 320 crore government grant to help them offset the cost incurred for setting up Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP), is causing serious threat …
TNPCB chairman himself conducts surprise checks Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Tuesday ordered closure of 75 dyeing units in the city and its suburbs for its failure to comply with the directives of Supreme Court pertaining to pollution caused by dyeing units on River Noyyal. The …
Tirupur: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday ordered closure of 10 dyeing units in the Tirupur knitwear cluster which failed to comply with the Supreme Court order pertaining to pollution caused by the dyeing units on River Noyyal. The power and water supply to these units was …
R. Vimal Kumar River Noyyal faces a slow death Tirupur: Amid severe drinking water shortage experienced in the city and rapid deterioration of River Noyyal taking place owing to indiscriminate discharge of industrial effluents into it, yet another World Water Day was observed here on Monday. The observance, thus, gained …
THE Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State government to make all ef- forts to remediate the issue involving pollution in the Noyyal river in Karur dis- trict. A division bench compris- ing justices Elipe Dharma Rao and N Paul Vasanthaku- mar gave the direction while setting aside an …
Two CETPs yet to get environment clearance Concern over monitoring procedures Tirupur: Anxieties raised by farmers and civic body representatives over the credibility of functioning of zero liquid discharge mechanism dominated the public hearing conducted by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on Thursday to obtain views on the two Common …
